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View synonyms for bumbershoot

bumbershoot

[ buhm-ber-shoot ]

noun

, Informal: Often Facetious.
  1. an umbrella.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bumbershoot1

First recorded in 1895–1900; bumber-, a facetious alteration of umbrella + -shoot, respelling of -chute in parachute

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